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Aznar Offers Global View
Placing Priority on Growth

By

Frederick Kempe and

Carlta VitzthumStaff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Updated Sept. 16, 2003 12:01 a.m. ET

Below are edited excerpts from a weekend interview with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Mar&iacute;a Aznar. Mr. Aznar's wide-ranging comments focused primarily on the situation in Iraq, his vision of a partnership with the U.S. based partly on its large Latin minority, and his assessment of the Mideast situation. That said, he continues to see as Europe's main priority the need to reverse its weak growth.